Comparison of potential drinking water source contamination across one hundred U.S. cities
In the U.S. today nearly no surface waters are drinkable without treatment. Here, the authors demonstrate that four-fifths of cities that withdraw surface water are supplying water that includes a portion of treated wastewater, concentrated in the Midwest, the South, and Texas.
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2021-12-01
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Series: | Nature Communications |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27509-9 |